On the stair leading up into the disinfectant-smelling twilight of a rooming house, she saw an old man huddled, shaking with grief she couldn't hear.

登上梯子，在一间散发着,消毒水气味的昏暗公寓里，她看到了一个老人缩成一团，以一种他无法感受的哀伤颤抖着。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

I wanted this car mostly to be a house for me," he said to the man.

我想要这车成我的房子“,他对那个男人说。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

What did you tell my son ? to make him bring homeless man into my house?

你对我儿子说了什么,让他把一个流浪汉带回家？

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

I run out of the house and then usually around 3 o'clock somebody points out, in one case a homeless man, that I have a big glob of shaving cream in my ear or-- because I neglected to actually look in the mirror while I shaved.

然后冲出家门,大概到了下午三点时，会有人跟我说，有一次是一个流浪汉，告诉我，我耳朵上有一团剃须膏-,因为我剃须时忘了,照镜子。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选